14 Arrested Nashua Crime Sweep: ICYMI

NASHUA, NH — The latest Nashua crime sweep netted 14 arrests, police announced Saturday. The "Granite Hammer" sweep resulted in 13 arrests for drug crimes and one arrest for prostitution. Most of the suspects are from Nashua and Hudson and two are from Massachusetts.

"These arrests came at the conclusion of extensive investigations into the distribution of illegal drugs in Nashua," Nashua police Lt. Kevin Rourke said in a statement.

The Granite Hammer crime sweep program is a recent collaboration between New Hampshire police agencies and the FBI targeting drug trafficking, especially involving heroin. In Nashua alone, more than 100 suspects have been arrested in the last year.

The 14 arrested were identified as:

• Jennifer Ives, 35, of Barnstead, was charged with selling heroin and held on $25,000 bail.
• Michael Briand, 25, of Nashua, was charged selling heroin. He refused bail, police said.
• Candi Goodwin, 34, of Nashua, was charged with illegal possession of prescription drugs and held on $240 bail.
• Heather Brunelle, 46, of Nashua, was charged with oxycodone possession and released on $500 bail.
• Kelly Winans, 29, of Hudson, was charged with marijuana possession and released on $2,000 bail.
• Theresa Bissonnette, 36, of Nashua, was charged selling crack cocaine and held on $2,500 bail.
• Thomas Flaherty, 27, of Nashua, was charged with oxycodone possession and held on $200 bail.
• Eugene Robinson, 49, of Nashua, was charged with oxycodone possession and released on $5,000 bail.
• Angel Encarnacion, 31, of Nashua, was charged with possession of lorazapam and gabapentin and released on $10,000 bail.
• Dewayne Perkins, 25, of Leominster, Massachusetts, was charged selling crack cocaine and held on $100,000 bail.
• Amy Roche, 47, of Hudson, was charged with drug possession in a vehicle and held on $2,000 bail.
• Lloyd Hall, 54, of Nashua, was charged with selling oxycodone (second offense) and held on $75,000 bail.
• Bernaldo Santiago-Rosario, 25, of Lowell, Massachusetts, was charged with selling heroin and crack cocaine and held on $100,000 bail.

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